Mozilla to Offer VPN with its New Paid Service
On its official blog, Mozilla announced that the company would be releasing a brand new redesigned interface, and also a new experience of creating content that would be monetized. Well, honestly that is a lot. How can a web browser do that? Well, looks like the company has done a pretty good job in already figuring that out.
The company would now show sponsored articles from Pocket, a reading app. And not just stopping with that, the company is also in plans to offer a small group of US Firefox users a VPN subscription too. This would enhance the security and reliability of the connections, but will also create a new method of revenue generation for the company.
Revenue and Security
Why such a move now? The company has been fire recently following the latest scandals related to the protection of privacy and personal data. Considering that this is something that can shake not just the reputation of the company but also its users, the company has taken steps to solve the problems faced by its users. And that is where the new VPN system is kicking in.
The new VPN service that is being called as the ProtonVPN would be offered to a group of US users as a trial run, and if the idea works, the service would be extended to all the 300 million Firefox users. This works three ways. The users get a VPN connection with added security, Mozilla gets its revenue and ProtonVPN will see its community grow significantly.
Speed and Smart
Mozilla is offering ProtonVPN for $2 dollars extra each month. Now, why would someone go ahead and want to pay extra? Well, the revenue that would be generated would be used to assist and fund the Mozilla Foundation. A lesser known fact is that Mozilla is a non-profit organization.
All the products and services that the company develops does not generate any revenue. So how does the company earn its money? Research partnerships. Though that sounds so noble, it is not sufficient to run an entire company. The company plans to market this new scheme under its tagline of sharing the “common goal of making the internet safer”. But it still remains to be seen if this scheme would work or not.
But also that needs to be kept in mind is the presence of strong and close competitors to Firefox. Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome also offer the same features as Mozilla, but they also have various other features that extend from their mobile app and extends to PCs too.
